Cyprián Karásek Lvovický
Cyprián Karásek Lvovický (of Lvovice) (Czech language, Czech: ''Cyprián Karásek Lvovický ze Lvovic'', German language, German: ''Cyprian von Leowitz'', Latin: ''Cyprianus Leovitius'') (born July 1514/1524, Hradec Králové – died 1574, Lauingen) was a Bohemian astronomer, mathematician and astrology, astrologer. Career Most of the information about Lvovický's life comes from his memoirs.Lvovický, C. K.''Opus insigne''(Wittenberg, Wittebergae: Excudebat Matthaeus Welack, 1586). Cyprian Karásek was born in 1514 (some sources claim 1524) into the family of a long-time town councillor and later mayor of Hradec Králové named Jan Karásek (Lvovický after ennoblement). He received his elementary education in the Hradec Králové town school and then moved on to study abroad. In 1540, Lvovický studied in Wrocław (Breslau), in 1542 in Leipzig and later astronomy and mathematics in University of Wittenberg, Wittenberg. In 1547, he moved to Nuremberg, then to Augsburg, ...
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